Having lived here in South Georgia most of my life, I know my friends and neighbors well. They are the salt-of-the-earth people who laugh, play, and cry together day by day. We’ve raised our children together, attended church, and cried at funerals. Some of us ride tractors in the hot Georgia sun planting crops to feed men and beasts. Some, who haven’t had raises in years, drive off every morning to teach Appling County’s children, to give them the best they have to offer. And then there are the ones who keep the businesses running—insurance, medical services, restaurants, stores, etc. We, like any other community anywhere in the United States, are as varied as the array of vegetables offered in our local farmers’ markets when summer brings its bounty. Every single one of us has needs, but I don’t know any one who would scoff ...

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